Do you enter sweepstakes / giveaways / holiday packages?
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
April 13, 2017 1:53pm CST
I don't. The majority of those things are just gimmicks to get your email address, your postal address, and sometimes your phone number. It's just a manner to spam you, even if one person does actually win something..
It's still a 1 in a million chance.
Anyway, I have family members who enter these things all the time. From sweepstakes for trips to just entries to win some manner of kitchen appliance. They share it on facebook a lot and I just scroll down, ignoring it.
Anyway, I was scrolling through the bookface site and lo and behold there's one that actually DOES interest me. It's a trip to Ireland... Not Northern Ireland sadly, but Ireland all the same.
Am I going to enter that sweepstakes / contest? Nope...
But it interests me all the same...
Do you enter sweepstakes?
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8 responses
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
13 Apr 17
You know there are actual brick and mortar sweepstakes locations? There as one in the village I work in but I think it got closed down...
Scams, the majority of them.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
17 Apr 17
@teamfreak16 Congrats! Yeah contests from sports organizations, radio stations, grocery stores even... those are more reputable and less likely to sell your info.
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@teamfreak16 (43567)
• Denver, Colorado
13 Apr 17
@ScribbledAdNauseum - I agree. I did once win a Colorado Rockies hat by voting for the all-star game, but that was an official MLB contest.
@thislittlepennyearns (68160)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
13 Apr 17
I enter giveaways sometimes, and have won a few times. But I dint enter them very often,
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
13 Apr 17
I've met one person who has earned from giveaways but it was always radio style giveaways...
@celticeagle (189793)
• Boise, Idaho
13 Apr 17
I used to enter some but found they were too time consuming and my chance of winning was so low I gave it up.
@celticeagle (189793)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Apr 17
@ScribbledAdNauseum .....I want my primary time online to be used where I am making some $$. I just can't be sure I am going to win anything and so I feel my time is being wasted.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
14 Apr 17
I used to YEARS ago... but I mean YEARS ago...
They are time consuming, you hardly win anything, but you will get spammed.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
17 Apr 17
@celticeagle I understand. The majority of time spent online is to earn some extra cash... and I too like to make the most of it.
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@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
13 Apr 17
I sometimes do but not always! I always use bogus emails though (that are mine but not ones I check as often)
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
13 Apr 17
Yes, it's definitely better to have a spam email set up, especially for online earnings... Entering sweeps is just a bonus I guess.
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@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
13 Apr 17
@ScribbledAdNauseum yep I agree :) I don't want too much junk to my personal email
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@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
14 Apr 17
I'm quite picky and only enter competitions on reputable sites who I know won't spam me. I have an email address which I use for all of these sorts of things so that my proper emails don't get clogged up too much.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
17 Apr 17
It pays to be picky as the majority of places will just spam you / sell your info.
@pigeboy (170)
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17 Apr 17
I almost never do. The only time I do is when I get a sign-up bonus from a site and the only information they ask for is my email address. I never give my home address or my phone number because I don't need their spam calls or mail. I have a different email address that I use for things like that so I can ignore most of that mail.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
17 Apr 17
Yes, I definitely don't want everyone knowing my postal mail... and I have several emails but only one I check...
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
13 Apr 17
Very, very rarely will I fill out a form for a sweepstakes. I get enough junk mail, spam emails and phone calls, I don't want to invite more.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
13 Apr 17
Exactly! I do too.. I even avoid signing up for earning sits that require a legit phone number.
